A handful of recent eliminations have occurred as play has reached Level 21 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250. Thirty-four players now remain, and just two more eliminations are needed for the tournament to reach the money, meaning hand-for-hand play has begun across the five remaining tables.

Among the 34 remaining is "BwanaNJ," who has ballooned up the leader board and is now the chip leader with a stack of 732,000